TELEGRAM TO S. P. NATSARENUS

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11. VIII. 1918

Natsarenus,Military Commissar ExtraordinaryPetrozavodsk

Iam very glad that you are energetically dispelling the
doubts of Trotsky and myself, caused by the wholesale
departures from the
fronts.[1]Send by a very reliableperson detailed information on the number, disposition and
morale of the troops.

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars

[1]SeeCollected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 50, Document 252.—Ed.